Firefox Question

nemesis01 · 05-05-2007, 10:19

I am using firefox through a ntl/virgin proxy as my direct connection seems to load sites a lot slower, so this is the best way for me at the minute, only problem is that firefox is ignoring my hosts file which I assume is because of the proxy. Can I configure firefox to not ignore my hosts file when using a proxy?

pedantic · 05-05-2007, 10:51

See if this works.

**Kevin T** · 05-05-2007, 12:25

pedantic's link is for IE, but you can do the same in Firefox.

In FF2 it's under the Advanced menu, Network tab, Settings button. There's a field 'No Proxy for:'. Make sure it's set to localhost, 127.0.0.1

Having said that, on my linux box that's the default entry in that field. I'm not using a proxy though...

Chris W · 06-05-2007, 12:22

why are you using a proxy anyway??

Have you tried removing this as it may well speed things up